Mont. Admin. r. 24.111.2301

Current through Register Vol. 23, December 6, 2024
Rule 24.111.2301 - UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
(1) It is unprofessional conduct for a licensee or applicant to violate any statute, rule, or standard of care governing their scope of practice. In addition, the following is unprofessional conduct:
(a) failing to cooperate with an investigation of the board by failing to respond in full or in part;
(b) failing to adequately supervise auxiliary staff to the extent that the patient's physical health or safety is at risk;
(c) practicing while the license is suspended, revoked, or expired;
(d) offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat disease or affliction by a secret method, procedure, treatment, or the treating, operating, or prescribing for any health condition by a method, means, or procedure which the licensee refuses to divulge upon demand from the board;
(e) abandoning, neglecting, or otherwise physically or emotionally abusing a client or patient requiring care;
(f) intentionally or negligently causing physical or emotional injury or abuse to a client or patient in a clinical setting, or sexual abuse, sexual misconduct, or sexual exploitation by the licensee, whether or no related to the licensee's practice;
(g) operating under unsanitary conditions after a warning from the board or consistently maintaining an unsanitary office;
(h) failure by a midwife to maintain current and valid certifications in adult and infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation and neonatal resuscitation as provided by 37-27-201, MCA.;
(i) prescribing a scheduled drug without a current DEA registration.

Mont. Admin. r. 24.111.2301

NEW, 1993 MAR p. 1639, Eff. 7/30/93; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 2576, Eff. 10/4/96; TRANS, from Commerce, 2001 MAR p. 1642; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1583, Eff. 7/1/06; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 263, Eff. 2/23/07; AMD, 2023 MAR p. 886, Eff. 8/26/2023; AMD, 2023 MAR p. 1093, Eff. 10/1/2023

AUTH: 37-1-131, 37-1-319, 37-13-201, 37-26-201, 37-27-105, MCA; IMP: 37-1-141, 37-1-316, 37-1-319, 37-13-201, 37-26-201, 37-27-105, MCA